What’s a spring time without a cool field trip? Beyond Recycling didn’t disappoint this year for the grade 6’s in Mrs. Galina’s class at St Mary’s Catholic Independent School. As a wrap up to their 20+week program the students got to go on a waste field trip with a bonus good food stopover. Like most … Continued
Some of the most fun aspects of Beyond Recycling are the hands-on projects. This year, Mrs. Galina’s grade 6 class at St Mary’s Catholic Independent School got their creativity flowing by building Commuities of the Future. Supported by Outdoor Ed teacher Ms Patty, and Beyond Recycling Educator Ms Kim, the grade 6s combined their year … Continued
Beyond Recycling starts off with a big unit all about waste. From a 6th grade perspective, this means we talk often about the “three Rs”, and about their ORDER: reduce, reuse, then recycle. Order matters. If you can start by reducing the amount of stuff you have, then you won’t have as much to manage … Continued
The grade 5/6 class at St Mary’s School in Cranbrook, had the chance to try a new game that highlights the “Solutions” to Our Changing Climate. Using real world and researched solutions, the students worked together as a team to try to select climate strategies that would lower the global temperature before 2050. The game … Continued
The grade 5/6 class at St Mary’s school in Cranbrook, had an opportunity to explore the process of making recycled paper. Students ripped, blended, poured, pressed, patted and rolled to finally create some very interesting looking paper. The students were energetic and busy and worked well together. The final product will be used to create … Continued
The grade 6 class at St Mary’s School in Cranbrook celebrated Earth day by creating recycled t-shirt bags. Prior to this class, students shared many creative ideas on ways to help our planet and honour the earth. A reduction of plastic bags usage was mentioned most frequently. For the Earth day class, students brought used … Continued
The grade 6 students in Mrs Gallina’s class had the chance to participate in a spirited debate about energy sources. Students spent the better part of 2 weeks, researching and learning all they could about their groups assigned energy source. Some found it difficult to advocate for an energy source they did not whole heartedly … Continued
Students in Mrs Gallina’s class at St Mary’s Catholic School in Cranbrook, had the opportunity to learn, research and share with fellow students the lifecycle of everyday items. Students decided to vote on the items that they were interested in and with 20 students, we needed to narrow it down to 6 items. There was … Continued
Water is Life!! The students in Mr Nick’s class at KIS had the opportunity to experience this idea in an interactive activity. The students worked in teams and rotated through stations that challenged them to deal with various water related issues. One station had an abundance of water, another station had a scarcity of water … Continued
The “We are Nature” class is one of my favourites and I think it is for most students. It brings together so many concepts discussed in the Beyond Recycling Program and is outside. The students in Mr. Nick’s class at KIS spent the morning exploring the Kimberley Nature Park, by participating in a nature scavenger … Continued
